Nevada ethics case heads to Supreme Court - An early post on Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, an ethics case involving Sparks city Councilman Michael Carrigan. The case would eventually be decided by the Supreme Court in favor of the Commission; it held that the act of voting by a public official is not a form of free speech.

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